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ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE.
Book IY.
tliree portals, the central one of which had winged bidls, but the
lateral seem to have been without these ornaments; the whole fapade
being’ about 330 ft. in extent, north and south.
All these apartments were lined with sculptured slabs, representing
mostly either the regal state of the sovereign, his prowess in war, or
amusements during peace, but many of them wholly devoted to reli-
gious subjects. Beyond these apartments were many others, cover-
ing at ieast an equal extent of ground, but, their walls having been
only plastered and painted, the sun-burnt bricks of which they were
built have crumbled again to their original mud. It is evident, how-
ever, that they were inferior to those alread}T described, both in forrn
and size, and applied to inferior purposes.
The mound at Nimroudwas so much extended after this palace was
built, and so covered by subsequent buildings, that it is now impossible
to ascertain eit-her the extent or form of this, which is the only palace
of the older dynasty known; and it will therefore perhaps be as
well to turn at once to Khorsabad, which, being built wholly by
one king, and not altered afterwards, will give a clearer idea of the
position and arrangements of an Assyrian palace than we can obtain
from this.
1 Lhis plan, with all the particulars here every point. The plan is reduced to the
mentioned, are taken from Layard’s work, usual scale of 100 ft. to one inch, for easy
which is the only authority on the subject, comparison with Khorsabad and the Persepo-
so that it is not necessary to refer to him on litan and other edifices quot-ed.
ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE.
Book IY.
tliree portals, the central one of which had winged bidls, but the
lateral seem to have been without these ornaments; the whole fapade
being’ about 330 ft. in extent, north and south.
All these apartments were lined with sculptured slabs, representing
mostly either the regal state of the sovereign, his prowess in war, or
amusements during peace, but many of them wholly devoted to reli-
gious subjects. Beyond these apartments were many others, cover-
ing at ieast an equal extent of ground, but, their walls having been
only plastered and painted, the sun-burnt bricks of which they were
built have crumbled again to their original mud. It is evident, how-
ever, that they were inferior to those alread}T described, both in forrn
and size, and applied to inferior purposes.
The mound at Nimroudwas so much extended after this palace was
built, and so covered by subsequent buildings, that it is now impossible
to ascertain eit-her the extent or form of this, which is the only palace
of the older dynasty known; and it will therefore perhaps be as
well to turn at once to Khorsabad, which, being built wholly by
one king, and not altered afterwards, will give a clearer idea of the
position and arrangements of an Assyrian palace than we can obtain
from this.
1 Lhis plan, with all the particulars here every point. The plan is reduced to the
mentioned, are taken from Layard’s work, usual scale of 100 ft. to one inch, for easy
which is the only authority on the subject, comparison with Khorsabad and the Persepo-
so that it is not necessary to refer to him on litan and other edifices quot-ed.